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Prompt: "Just take a deep breath or something."

"Take a deep breath!? It feels like my insides are being ripped out!"

Jacoba could hear the team coming from a mile away. She and Luna had stayed behind in the plane for this mission, as having women on this particular mission would have been a bad call. So, they watched the plane, playing cards or reading and just passing the time. It had been Jacoba's turn to sit in the cockpit, reading, and she had decided to crack one of the windows for both some air and to hear the guys (or mostly Galgo) on their way back.

As the voices got closer, Jacoba rolled her eyes and got up, grabbing her book as she began to head out of the cockpit. "Hey Luna, could you get the med kit prepped for me?"

"Uh, sure. Why?"

"I can hear the guys coming and it sounds like someone is hurt, with the amount of cursing and yelling I'm hearing." Jacoba walked to the rear of the plane and saw Luna with a confused look on her face. "I had opened a window. We should be able to hear them shortly."

As if on cue, they hear Gunnar yell, "Just take a deep breath or something!"

Sharing a confused look, Jacoba and Luna headed to the door to see all the guys walking towards them, Doc leaning on Caesar as the heard him complaining. "Take a deep breath!? It feels like my insides are being ripped out!"

"Doc, you got shot once in the leg, nowhere near your vitals. You'll be fine after the Amazon patches you up." Smilee had apparently been voted to be the soother this time. This always happened when Doc got hurt, one of the other team members was chosen to be a voice of reason for the "baby-like" tendencies of one of their oldest members.

"I don't know, Doc. Maybe I should just leave ya the way you are and stay next to my man. You know, since you want to act like a drama queen and not listen to your teammates."

Doc looked at Jacoba, who stood with her arms crossed and eyebrow raised, belaying the challenge she just made to him. She was not backing down from the looks of it, a fact that he was sure the whole team could see. "My apologies to everyone. Now Jacoba, would you please fix my up?" Doc gave her his best pleading eyes as the guys all began to laugh.

Jacoba snorted and smirked. "Well, get your asses up here then, because I've got an idiot to patch up."

The team all started to clamber up the ramp. Luna just couldn't stop laughing.